Bookcase.



UNITED smrss PATENT onsios.

WILLIAM W. POINTS, OF IINEVILLE, KENTUCKY.

BOOKCASE.

T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. POINTS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Pineville, in the county of Bell and State of Kentucky, have invented new and useful Imn provements in Bookcases, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in book cases, especially sectional book cases, the object of the invention being to provide a thumb or finger-receiving recess in the inner surface of an end wall of a book case to facili tate the grasping and removal of a book at such end of the case, as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of a sectional book case provided in its end Wall with a thumb or linger receiving recess in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of one end portion of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical sectional view of one of the end walls of the book case, showing the said recess in the inner surface thereof. Fig. 4 is a detail horizontal sectional view of the same.

For the purposes of this specification, the invention is here shown in connection with a section of a sectional book case, but I would have it understood that the invention may also be used in other book cases and other like articles of furniture, and I do not desire to limit myself in this particular. Referring particularly to the drawings, the book case section 1, which may be of any suitable construction, has its end walls 2 provided on their inner sides, at their outer edges with vertical rabbets 3 for the reception of the ends of the usual door 4 when the door is in a closed position, the inner ends or bottoms of Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 26, 1909.

Patented July 6, 1909.

Serial No. 485,940.

the said rabbets presenting shoulders 5 against which the door closes. In accordance with this invention, each end wall of the case is provided in its inner surface with a thumb or iinger-receiving recess 6 which is of suitable length, breadth and depth, is made at a suitable distance from the front edge of said end wall and terminates short of said front edge. Said recess at its front end is coincident with the shoulder 5 forming the bottom of the rabbet 3 and hence when the door is closed the front end of the said recess is closed by the door. Owing to the fact that the recess terminates short of the front edge of the end wall, the same is entirely inconspicuous and in nowise injures the appearance of the book case. It will be understood that the said recess enables a book at said end of the case and which may be tightly jammed therein to be readily grasped on one side by the finger or thumb and hence said recess greatly facilitates the removal of books from the case. The said recess, while serving to facilitate the handling of the books in nowise reduces the strength or injures the appearance of the case.

What is claimed is A book case having an end wall provided with a door receiving rabbet on its inner side, extending rearwardly from its front edge, anda thumb or linger receiving recess also in the inner surface of said end wall, extending rearwardly from the shoulder formed by the bottom or rear side of said rabbet.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM. WV. POINTS.

Witnesses T. F. GIBSON, J. J. GIBsoN. 

